Check ID / Use Only Host ID

[xBr0th3rx]

We have Rustdesk Server Pro in the company and only use it for Debian and Ubuntu.

But now we have the problem that we clone some systems for operational reasons and this Rustdesk ID is then automatically taken over. The ID remains set until I run the service stop
rm -r “~.config/rustdesk”
rm -r “/root/.config/rustdesk”
Service start

This first generates a new ID.
Is it possible to add a check if the ID is already in use that it generates a new one?

What I am also wondering is what is the purpose of saving the data in ~/.config and /root/config?

Because I noticed that if a user does not have a rustdesk folder he copies it from the root directory and vice versa.

Because we have synced homes and the users do not always work in the same place which leads to several ID's being generated.

[rustdesk]

Is it possible to add a check if the ID is already in use that it generates a new one?

Can not yet

[xBr0th3rx]

Is the config still overwritten from root to user or is the config overwritten from user to root?

[rustdesk]

Both, there is a sync mechanism.

[xBr0th3rx]

Okay, but that poses a problem for us.

Because we have shared workstations and synchronized home profiles that do not remain on the clients after shutdown.

Scenario:
Computer 1 is installed rustdesk and receives an id.
User1 logs on and does not yet have a rustdesk config which is copied from root when logging on.
User logs off and the computer shuts down.

Computer 2 rustdesk is installed and User1 logs in the config is copied from User1 to root. This means that computer 2 has the same config or id as computer 1.

A new user2 now logs on to computer 1 who does not yet have a rustdesk config and then receives the config from root. the user therefore has the same config as computer 2

This would result in simultaneous IDs or not?

[rustdesk]

RustDesk's design is all users on the same machine having the same ID. RustDesk may not fit you if you require different user on the same machine having different id.

[xBr0th3rx]

Okay that means it always takes the config from root right?

[rustdesk]

What I am also wondering is what is the purpose of saving the data in ~/.config and /root/config?

This is for unattended access, e.g. when you reboot your machine and enter login screen, there is only a root user.

[xBr0th3rx]

Ah Okay, I see, otherwise you wouldn't be able to log in to the login screen in the first place, right?

[rustdesk]

Yes